Hello and Happy Thanksgiving,
I am looking for advice. My 13 year old boy was diagnosed with an abdominal tumor. His symptoms are weakness, poor appetite, weight loss and vomiting. My vet does not recommend me seek a specialist to potentially have it removed - he believes I will be putting the cat through painful procedures that will not buy him much more time. It was also not diagnosed using ultrasound. We had another cat that had an abdominal tumor that, regrettably, we put through an ultrasound diagnoses and chemotherapy that only made his last few months very uncomfortable. We vowed never to do that again.
My question to the group is that would it be worthwhile to have him looked at through ultrasound to see if it can be removed? I wont do chemo. I know that if I search I can can find someone to do surgery on him, but I do not want to put his remaining time on this earth to be painful. I am already heartbroken.
Thank you,
Paul
I am looking for advice. My 13 year old boy was diagnosed with an abdominal tumor. His symptoms are weakness, poor appetite, weight loss and vomiting. My vet does not recommend me seek a specialist to potentially have it removed - he believes I will be putting the cat through painful procedures that will not buy him much more time. It was also not diagnosed using ultrasound. We had another cat that had an abdominal tumor that, regrettably, we put through an ultrasound diagnoses and chemotherapy that only made his last few months very uncomfortable. We vowed never to do that again.
My question to the group is that would it be worthwhile to have him looked at through ultrasound to see if it can be removed? I wont do chemo. I know that if I search I can can find someone to do surgery on him, but I do not want to put his remaining time on this earth to be painful. I am already heartbroken.
Thank you,
Paul